The Strength of a Real Woman

By Tando Keke

This is a redemption story of a woman who has been disqualified from love so many times and yet true love found her not in the form of a man, but in the form of the Presence of love itself and it is exactly the Presence of Unconditional love, that has empowered the author to live a life of triumph over adversity. You don't want to miss out on this true love story not boy meets girl, but girl has a life transformational encounter with the Presence of Unconditional Love and her life, and her destiny are forever changed, proof that there is still love in the world, if you would courageously open your heart to true love again.

In summary, my book is a fun healing workbook to help people start a healing journey of their own, it is short, and full of some power-packed healing activations.

• Language: English
• Publisher: Tando Keke
• Release date: Nov 30, 2022
• ISBN: 9798215692721

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THE STRENGTH

OF A REAL WOMAN

TANDO KEKE

The events and recollections in this book have been set down to the best of the author’s ability, although some names, descriptions and details have been changed to protect the privacy of individuals.

Copyright © 2020 by Tando Keke

All rights reserved.

The moral rights of the author have been asserted.

Published by Nation2Nation

No part of this publication may be reproduced, distributed, or transmitted in any form or by any means, including photocopying, recording, or other electronic or mechanical methods, without the prior written permission of the copyright owner and publisher, except in the case of brief quotations embodied in critical reviews and certain other noncommercial uses permitted by copyright law. For permission requests, write an email to the publisher at [e-mail]

Design by Eagle Vision Designers

Cover photography by Crystal Leah Hope

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Dedications

I DEDICATE THIS BOOK to all of women that I have met during my lifetime of social justice humanitarian work, women who are physically enslaved and every day they are fighting to stay alive. I also, dedicate this book to the women who are held in some form of captivity either emotionally or mentally to events in their past or their present and the trauma of those events.

I dedicate this book to my pastors and church family at God Adventure, at Vida Rio, and now at Evergreen LA, thank you for providing a safe space for me to be vulnerable and for praying for me. I dedicate this book to my friends and family in Christ, all around the world, thank you for your continued prayer, support and encouragement.

I dedicate this book to my family, to my younger sisters, BBK and ANK, I am so proud of these African queens and of the amazing women they are becoming. I dedicate this book to my phenomenal mum NGK, thank you for always believing in me and for encouraging me to write and to publish my books, I know this is the first of many. I dedicate this book to my late father, ZHK, thank you for showing me how to fight for justice, how to make peace and how to build bridges of reconciliation with others.

Acknowledgements

I would like to acknowledge and say thank you to the following people. First and foremost, thank you to the Holy Spirit, to Father God and to Jesus Christ, without whom, none of this would be possible. If they had not invited me on an intense inner healing journey these past 10 years, this book would not be a reality.

Thank you to my family, ANK, BBK, NGK and to my friends, all around the world who have supported me in my healing journey, in writing this book and in becoming the woman of God that I am today.

Thank you to Rev. Charisse Drakeford of Nation2Nation, my mentor for guiding me through this writing and publication process.

Thank you to Jen Bryson Moorcroft and the Emonti Writers Circle for creative engagement, invaluable support in writing skills workshops and for being my writing community since 2018.

Thank you to Laura Bevilacqua and the Artist’s Way Community for believing in me and for encouraging me and for imparting critical creative awareness in my creative recovery and healing process.

Thank you to Crystal Leah Hope for taking the powerful cover photograph during our outreach day trip in 2019 to Morgan’s Bay.

Thank you to my designer: Eagle Vision Designers for embracing my vision for the cover design.

Contents

Preface

The Strength of a Real Woman

Chapter 1

Chapter 2

Chapter 3

Chapter 4

Chapter 5

Chapter 6

Chapter 7

Chapter 8

Chapter 9

Preface

February 2020

My name is Tando T. Keke and I am a girl who has lived a rather interesting life. Calling myself a girl might be a stretch considering that I am 35, but I don’t look it though, thanks to amazing genes and to living a life of joy.

My life hasn’t always been joyful. There have been many dark paths that I have walked down, whether intentionally or unintentionally. Let’s get some things straight, I am not a victim, I am a survivor and I am a woman who has learned to live and to thrive in victory. Even so, I refuse to let my life be defined by my past experiences. This year, an unprecedented situation occurred in the world, a global pandemic, which has literally thrown life off for many people. So many of us had made very good plans and a lot of those plans have fallen through the cracks in the road. In the middle of all this upheaval, I was sitting in my little house on the college campus where I taught English and God invited me to walk with Him down the broken road of my testimony. I must say, at first, I resisted this.

It was far too painful to consider, to walk through memories that used to haunt my dreams, but very gently, God said, We can do it step by step. It has been a most unusual journey to write this book, a lot of what I want to share, I will most likely write in another book in a few years as I am still very much living through this very story. But for the parts that I feel released in peace and in wholeness of healing to share, those